KENYA SOIL SURVEY
KENYA SOIL SURVEY
KENYA SOIL SURVEY
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PROFILE DESCRIPTION NO.1<br />
GENERAL SITE INFORMATION<br />
Mapping Unit<br />
Soil classification<br />
Agro-climatic zone<br />
Observation<br />
Author/date<br />
Parent material<br />
Physiography<br />
Macro-relief<br />
Slope at site<br />
Vegetation/land use<br />
Erosion<br />
Rockiness<br />
Surface stoniness<br />
Surface sealing/crusting<br />
Cracking<br />
Drainage<br />
Profile description<br />
AP o -17cm<br />
l746cm<br />
100 - l77cm<br />
46 -lOOcm<br />
UBr1IB<br />
FAa 1997, rhodic NITISOLS<br />
II (Sub-humid with high potential for plant growth)<br />
108/3-1, E 538, N 039; 1440m a.s.l Meru District<br />
C.R.K. Njoroge and P. K. Kimani (12/07/2001)<br />
Basalts<br />
Upland<br />
Gently undulating slopes 2 - 3.5%, >200m long, straight in<br />
addition, regular<br />
3 - 3.5%<br />
Cultivation - coffee, maize, bananas, beans<br />
Slight sheet<br />
Nil<br />
Nil<br />
Nil<br />
Nil<br />
Well drained<br />
Dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/4) moist; clay; moderate to strong, fine to<br />
medium, subangular blocky structure, slightly hard when dry, sticky and plastic<br />
when wet, many very fine and fine, many medium, few coarse pores; common<br />
biopores, 5 - 10mm wide, few krotovinas
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